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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



January 



We desire to say to our subscribers 

 that if any wish The Bee-Keeper dis- 

 continued at the expiration of the time 

 for which it is paid, it is necessary only 

 that they notify us to that effect. We 

 have no inclination to impose our jour 



hardly be called a hopeful field, "For 

 what a ^ man seeth why doth he yet 

 hope for?" 



There is the fight on adulteration. A 

 lot of good has been done in working 

 that field, and the end is not yet. 



nal upon those who are not interested Possibly the end is yet so far of? that 



in it; but when a subscription is re 

 ceived, the supposition is that the sub- 

 scriber desires it continued to his ad- 

 dress until such time as he may order 

 it stopped. It is neither business-like 

 nor honorable for a subscriber to re- 

 ceive copies of a publication for six 

 months or a year in advance of the 

 time paid for, and then "refuse" to 

 take it from the postoffice. We have 

 no difficulty in placing our monthly 

 editions in the hands of those who are 



the greatest hope lies in that direction. 

 It is quite possible, however, that a 

 more hopeful field lies in another di- 

 rection. Consider what has been done 

 by the government for all the different 

 branches of agriculture except bee- 

 keeping. The direct governmental aid, 

 the able work done at the various ex- 

 periment stations there is need only 

 to make the merest suggestion of such 

 things to bring before your minds the 

 millions of benefit to the country from 



interested in them and are willing to them. Compared with all this, what 



pay for them. We cannot say that we 

 "are pleased" to strike a name from 

 our list; we dislike very much to lose 

 a single subscriber, but we dislike 

 much more to print and mail papers for 

 several months to some one who does 

 not appreciate them. A request to dis- 

 continue The Bee-Keeper will always 

 have the same promot attention that is 

 given a new subscription, and the time 

 to make the request is before the sub- 

 scriber has allowed himself to become 

 indebted to the publishers for papers 

 sent to him in good faith. There is a 

 manly, business-like, way of doing it, 

 and a very discourteous, sneaking man- 

 ner of accomplishing the sam.e end. 

 The editor's former connection with 

 several newspapers, however, clearly 

 demonstrate the fact that bee-keepers, 

 generally, are of the "manly" class. We 

 very seldom have occasion for com- 

 plaints of this kind against our sub- 

 scribers; but there are evidently a few 

 in the field who, probably through ig- 



has been done for bee-keeping? The 

 one man in Washington, the profes- 



DR. C. C. MILLER. 



sors at some of our colleges and exper- 

 imental stations so few in number that 

 their names are soon recited — these are 

 not forgotten; but however able may 



norance, disregard every rule of busi- have been the services they have ren- 

 ness etiquette. dered, "what are they among so 



WHICH IS THE MOST HOPEFUL 



FIELD OF LABOR FOR THE 



NATONAL ASSOCIATION. 



Delivered at the Denver meeting of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association b3' Dr. C. 

 Miller. 



Candidly, I don't know. There is the 

 protection of bee-keepers in their 

 right to keep bees where they like, a 

 field that has been well worked, and 

 rich has been the fruitage. But it can 



many : 



Some may be surprised to know that 

 this nation is decidedly behind other 

 nations in this respect. Cross the wa- 

 ter and you will find various govern- 

 ments making direct grants of con- 

 siderable money to the various bee- 

 keepers' associations. Whether that 

 be desirable here may be subject to 

 question, but it would not be hard for 

 this association to formulate a request 

 for aid that might be of immense ben- 

 efit. One of the maxims of a man who 

 claims to get an imusually high price 



